Douche or bed pan.



I. SGHIKORRA. DOUCHE 0R BBD PAN. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 190

.www Jun, 1909.

IDA SOHIKORRA, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA. i

DOUCHE OR BED PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent. I v Application led June 8, 1908. Serial No. 487,295.

Patented June 8, 1909.

To aLl whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, IDA SCHIKORRA, a citizen of the United States, residing in Phila.- delphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Douche or Bed Pans, of which the following is a specification.

The main object of my invention is to construct a douche or bed pan in such a manner `ease upon it in the l the douche Water w'ill flowv into the as to prevent the pan slipping from under the patient When in use.

A further object of the invention is to so design the pan that the patient can rest with proper position and all pan and room will be provided for a quantity o-f water. i In the accompanyin drawingz-Fiofure 1, is a perspective view o my improved douche or bedI pan; Fig. 2,is a longitudinal sectional View on the line 2*-2, Fig; Fig. 3, is a sectional view on the. line ffl-3, Fig. 2.

The douche pan has a bottom plate A, shaped-as clearly shown in Fig. 2, having a circular convex projection a at one 4end and a deep depression a extending from one side of the pan to the other and terminating at vthe rear end ina comparatively sharp rib a2 where it jo'ins the end b. The side walls b of the pan are slightly tapered as shown and th upper edges of t -e sides and ends have a rolled rim bt. so as to provide a smooth surface for the patient. Extending from one side member b to thc other is a seat section c on which-'rest the buttocks of the person using the pan. It is shaped to conform to .that portion of the body and to relieve the spine and there is a lip formed at the edge c and the center portion of this edge is depressed asat c2 so as to give additional room at this point to allow water to more readily flow from the patient into the pan. The convex projection a of the bottom A foi-ins a cavity'on the inner side of the pan directly under the lip and gives sutlicieiit room for the ioW ofwater, and access can be readily had to that portion ofthe pan under the seat section c.

It Will be noticed that when the pan is in use the body of the user rests comfortably upon the section c; the section being tapered to almost a point at c3. This causes the proectin portion a of the bottom A yto force itself intov the bed and the tendency to move back from the patient is 'checkedby the abrupt edge a2, which is also forced into the bed by the weight of the user and the matei rial of the bed works up-into the cavity a the patient rests over about one-half of the and the pan is thus held firmly on the bed. In using my improved pan the body1 pan and thepan is of such width as to be about' equal to the width of the patient, thus making the pan comfortable and avoiding the concentration of the pressure on the' spine, at the same time holding the pan from tipping at the outer end.

One of the great disadvantages in'usng the average' pan is vthe `liability of the pan to slip from under the patient and this is entirely obviated by the construction above described.

`The edges and the bottom A are comparatively sharp so as t0 prevent any lateral movement of thean. p Numerous tests have been made with this pan and when once located on thebed it is firmly held in position under the patient, and the patient can move without the liabil-4 ity of the pan slipping out of position.-

The pan can be readily cleansed when def sired as the cavity a under the lipped portion is sufficient to allow the hand to be assed underneath the seat section c', so that a l por# tions are accessible for cleansing.

Thile in the drawings pan made of sheet metal it will b e understood that it may be made of porcelain or at the junction of the sides b' sol I have shown the other material without departing from the essential featuresA of the invention.

1'. A douche or bed pan, having abottoin with an upwardly extending and relatively at. oneend of the pau whereby it is enabled to embed itself in the bed, said bottom having also a downwardly extending projecting portion cooperating with said edge to.' pre- .vent lmovement of the pan when pressure is applied.

2. A douche or bed pan having a bottom sectiom-side sections, andan inclined seat section .extending partly4 over the bottom of' the pan, an outwardly extending projection in the bottom ofthe pan forming a cavity directly under the inner edge of the seat section, said bottom having a transverse cavity extending from one side of the pan to the other anl terminating in a comparatively, sharp edge where 1t joins the rear of the pan,

so that the pan will embed itself in the bed.

3. 'douche or deep cavity therein, there being a sharp edge ico bed pan having a. bottom,

side and end Walls, and an inclined seat sectlon shaped to fit the contour of the body and will so arranged that the Weight of the body rest directly on the pan, thev underside e pan 'heving a' projection and a' relaformed that the pan Will be embedded in the bed and will not slip from under the patient.

, mwardl'y extending recess so` IDA SoHIKoRRA.

Witnesses;

W. H. SCHNEIDER, WM. A. BARR. 

